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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1990
Nobuki Kudo, Tochigi, JP;
Satoshi Nomura, Tochigi, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In an acoustic wave therapy apparatus, a holder is provided with an irradiation device for generating acoustic waves for medical treatment, and a bag having a variable size and containing an acoustic wave propagation medium. The holder is also provided with a probe rod having at its one end an ultrasonic probe for ultrasonic tomographic imaging. The probe rod has at least one opening at its one end. A pipe is connected to the opening of the probe rod. The pipe is connected to fluid equipment for supplying and discharging the acoustic wave propagation medium into and from the bag member. The holder is held by a hand-type holding apparatus. A connector for connecting and disconnecting the pipe is arranged on a C-arm included in the hand-type holding apparatus.